In addition, I was selected to represent the Sacramento Region in the Holiday Classic All Star Game and we played the East Bay All Stars in Danville California on December 23, 2011. See some of my highlights from this game here.

Here I am in December 2010, with my Head Coach – Dave Humphers and Line Coach Raycer holding the Nevada Union Salcedo Lineman of the Year Award. I was very honored to have been selected.

On May 15, 2011, I was honored to be invited to attend the ESPN Rise – Nike Elite Football Camp at Stanford University. This camp was a special opportunity to compete against some of the top high school players in the country.

It was a great experience going head to head with the biggest and best and I was pleased with my performance.

Although we only made it to the first round of playoffs, two teams from our League won section championships: Granite Bay (D1) and Del Oro( D3). Del Oro went on to the California Bowl State Championship D2 game losing to Helix of San Diego.

2011 Season Overview:The Miners finished the regular season 7-3 and headed for the playoffs in early November. We had a solid year and improved every week.

Here is an article about my team and me as we entered post season play. Earlier in the season our local newspaper did a profile on me that talked about both football and my work with Club Interact at my high school.

On 11-11-11 we played our 11th and final game of the season when we lost in the playoffs to Franklin of Elk Grove. I am proud of our team and to have started every game of my 4 years in high school.

It was exciting in 2009 when we won the CIF Division 1 Section Championship and exciting to be back in the playoffs again this year too. I am looking very forward to the opportunity to continue to play in college next year.

Here’s a shot of me (#54) with other members of the O Line from earlier in the season:

Alec Sarner (54) and members of the 2011 Nevada Union O - Line

Other news:

On August 19th The Sacramento Bee named me to their preseason regional high school Football All Star Team. I was honored to be selected from hundreds of school teams and thousands of players in the greater Sacramento Metropolitan area and beyond. For the complete list of the 30 selected players click here

Also, I attended a number of camps this past summer including the Yale and Princeton Camps as well as Cal and Cal Poly among others.

I’ve been playing organized sports since I was 6 years old including football, baseball, basketball, volleyball (including participating on the Nor Cal Junior Olympics Club Team) and even travel ice hockey. I also am on the NU Varsity Track Team too. While I love them all – my focus is now on football and specifically the offensive center position.